Wait, the second gym battle already? The last one was only two episodes ago. At this rate, he'll be at the league before the 40th episode....yeah, like that's gonna happen. I thought it was pretty interesting to see a proper Ash/Misty battle, though. Especially when you consider how badly Ash did. It was essentially one all by the end of their match, but he's still getting badges, so it doesn't...

It's odd, I don't really like Clefairy, and I loathe Clefable. Their designs always looked kinda misshapen to me. And yet, I liked this episode, possibly because there wasn't anywhere near as much focus on Clefairy as the title implies. Once again, the real 'plot' is Team Rocket and their wacky hijinks dastardly schemes plans to steal [insert object or Pokémon of the episode here]....

Ah, Ash's first gym battle...oh dear. I think this is where we find one of the greatest weaknesses of the Kanto saga - in it, Ash is an AWFUL trainer. Think about it. He goes into a Rock type gym, then sends out a Pikachu. Surely he'd know BASIC type match-ups? Okay, that aside, there' the fact that he doesn't use Butterfree, for some reason. The Pokémon that is considered one of the few ways...

I'm gonna be honest, I'm not a big fan of Samurai. Besides the fact that he leaps around thrusting his long, quivering sword at innocent young boys and girls, there's also the fact that he blames Ash for being distracted by said sword being thrust at him, instigates the worst battle EVER and spends most of the episode calling Ash "novice", before admitting that he hasn't won ANY battles at all....

One has to wonder if there's any point in having a cliffhanger if it's going to be revealed in the title.

The third episode, and it's another good one. Team Rocket is already leaning towards comic relief territory here, though. Sure, they might seem slightly threatening, but after they get defeated by a Caterpie, finding respect for them is like the Village People in the changing...

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